By the way, New England is specifically the northeast states of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island! Virginia was one of the English colonies but isn't part of New England.
Huh. TIL.
Why is that?
Because they were only engl-ish
It's the name John Smith gave the area when he landed there that was later adopted by Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony who rode over on the Mayflower.
Cool. I thought "New England" meant the original thirteen colonies. But I'm from the Midwest, so what do I know? ;)
By the way, New England is specifically the northeast states of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island! Virginia was one of the English colonies but isn't part of New England.
Huh. TIL.
Why is that?
Because they were only engl-ish
It's the name John Smith gave the area when he landed there that was later adopted by Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony who rode over on the Mayflower.
Cool. I thought "New England" meant the original thirteen colonies. But I'm from the Midwest, so what do I know? ;)